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(R) Trisha Calvarese
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President (To Win Colorado)
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(R) Donald Trump
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CO-01 (Denver)
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(D) Diana DeGette*
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CO-02 (Boulder-ish)
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90%
CO-03 (West & Southern CO)
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(R) Jeff Hurd
(R) Ron Hanks
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CO-04 (Northeast-ish Colorado)
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(R) Deborah Flora
(R) J. Sonnenberg
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CO-05 (Colorado Springs)
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(R) Jeff Crank
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CO-06 (Aurora)
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CO-08 (Northern Colo.)
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(R) Gabe Evans
(R) Janak Joshi
60%↑
35%↓
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February 15, 2019 10:18 AM UTC
4 Comments
The formula used to be "a good guy with a gun."
Now, the Republicans are going to shifting to "a guy with a gun — because there are good people on both sides."
Frankly, if a family member, friend or professional consider someone dangerous enough to spend time applying for the process of seizing weapons AND a judge signs off on their request, a short separation makes sense. If the gun owner wants to contest the judgment, the follow-up session before a judge comes quickly.
The law won't do a great deal. Maryland, with 6 million people, had 114 requests in the first month of their red flag law. Judges granted 70. After the brief period, 36 got a final order, barring an individual from having a gun for up to a year.
"The law won't do a great deal"
The law will save lives. That's a great deal, IMHO.
"courts across the country have issued more than 1,700 gun seizure orders in the year since the Parkland massacre, most of them in Florida."
https://www.thetrace.org/rounds/daily-bulletin-red-flag-laws-buzzfeed-news-clearance-rates/
Tom is one big reason that ERPO will pass this year and will stay on the books.
Will the gunnut RMGO mount a recall effort against him?
I'm all in favor of the law — but don't expect it will do a great deal to the homicide or suicide rates.
As with protection orders, the confiscation will constrain some, but mostly will work on those willing to obey the court orders. Those intent on homicide or suicide will need to take the extra step of finding a weapon. There are too many weapons in circulation to expect someone dedicated to acting to find it impossible to get a weapon.
No Access Effects of Risk-Based Firearm Seizure Laws in Connecticut and Indiana on Suicide Rates, 1981–2015
"Indiana’s firearm seizure law was associated with a 7.5% reduction in firearm suicides in the ten years following its enactment
Enactment of Connecticut’s law was associated with a 1.6% reduction in firearm suicides immediately after its passage and a 13.7% reduction in firearm suicides in the post–Virginia Tech period, when enforcement of the law substantially increased.
Regression-based sensitivity analyses showed that these findings were robust to alternative specifications."
Only 1.6%?
Each journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.